Fake news via digital social networks about the Covid-19 pandemic and its implications for human security "A study in dimensions and mechanisms"

Abstract

This study examines the problem of spreading false news through digital social networks in light of the Covid 19pandemic that the world has witnessed for many months and its effects on human security in its various dimensions, And the whole of the concerns it raises, including misinformation and improper advice on digital social networks, with what is usually associated with the spread of  rumors and misinformation, This study, through studies that examined the content posted on many digital social networks, has found that there is a kind of collective panic and panic promoted by a large segment of the pioneers of these platforms; This increases the severity of psychological pressure and negative effects on users, especially at the time of the Covid 19pandemic crisis, which had an impact on human security in its health, psychological, social,economic and other dimensions.